Birdwatching - 1985🐦

🦉 The European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

• Erithacus erithakos (Greek) unidentified small bird in
  the works of ancient authors; erythros (Greek, lat.) red
• rubecula ruber (lat.) red, reddish, rubeculus diminished. by ruber

These timid, beautiful birds arrive at the end of April, if, of course, the snow has already melted. Despite the fact that they are insectivores, they are quite frost-resistant, so they arrive relatively early and fly away late. At the latest I met them at the end of October, when all the insectivorous migratory birds had long ago flown to other countries for the winter.

As you can understand, they feed on insects, and sometimes peck at seeds and berries. However, not all so simple. There are cases when for some reason a bird cannot fly away for the winter, and it has to stay for the winter, usually in the European part. And in this harsh time, the bird has to eat any food. I read the blog of an ornithologist who went to the park in winter and fed the robin with crushed peanuts.